Incident de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV DZ535,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 187871
 
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Date:Thursday 13 May 1943
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic MOSQ model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito B Mk IV
Owner/operator:618 Sqn RAF
Registration: DZ535
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:RAF stn Skitten, Caithness, Scotland -   United Kingdom
Phase: Take off
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Skitten, Caithness
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Mosquito DZ535: Undercarriage damaged at take off and undercarriage collapsed. 13/05/1943
Crew:
F/Sgt (1386787) Keith Harry Newton ELLIS (pilot) RAFVR - Ok
Sgt (1166491) Ronald William DONALD (obs.) RAFVR - Ok


Sources:

1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txt
2.ORB 618 Sqdn RAF

Images:


Mosquito Production list showing DZ535 was a B Mk IV, note Source #1 URL to confirm

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Jun-2016 14:35 Nepa Added
05-Jun-2016 18:57 Nepa Updated [Location, Narrative]
18-Apr-2017 16:32 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative]
26-Aug-2021 17:37 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type]
22-Oct-2021 22:41 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Operator]
05-Feb-2022 23:35 Nepa Updated [Date, Narrative, Operator]
16-Feb-2022 20:59 grapeshot418 Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative, Photo]
30-Jul-2022 16:07 Nepa Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator]

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